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The state or quality of being colloidal.

See Colocynth. Shak.

Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.

Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.

Like, or related to, the confervae. Loudon.

One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.

To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.

See Confidant. South. Dryden.

Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.

With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

The quality of being confident.

One who confides.

That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- Con*fid"ing*ly, adv. -- Con*fid"ing*ness, n.

Same as Conoidal.

A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.

A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc.